Corps closes some swim areas
The Army Corps of Engineers closed four swim beaches on Greers Ferry Lake after higher-than-acceptable E. coli levels were found during routine testing by the Arkansas Department of Health, a Wednesday...
View ArticleBenton County road work behind schedule
Wet weather has put Benton County behind schedule on its 2015 road plan according to Jeff Clark, county Public Services administrator.
View ArticleBentonville Film Festival creates $300,000 economic impact
Visit Bentonville officials estimate the Bentonville Film Festival had between a $300,000 and $400,000 economic impact, Kalene Griffith, president and CEO said Thursday.
View ArticleLindsey apartments, Adventure Subaru eye expansion
One of the city's largest apartment complexes and one of its most popular car dealerships are expanding. Again.
View ArticleBentonville schools form a pact with Amazeum
The School District and the Scott Family Amazeum bonded Thursday over a mutual interest in learning and tinkering.
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Arrests th Judicial Drug Task Force Zachary Cook, 22, of 4418 W. Acoma St. in Fayetteville was arrested Wednesday in connection with possession of a controlled substance with the intent of delivering...
View ArticleSpringdale Public Library officials plan policy changes
Officials with Springdale Public Library plan to put policy changes regarding fines and borrowing into effect Monday that the board of directors won't vote on publicly until June 16.
View ArticleWeekend detour in Springdale
Drainage improvements will require closing a portion of Arkansas 264 in Bethel Heights, weather permitting, according to Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department officials.
View ArticleNorthwest Arkansas regional sales tax indicates growth
Sales tax income for May jumped for cities in Northwest Arkansas.
View ArticleRailroad crossing work to close stretch of Dickson Street in Fayetteville
A portion of Dickson Street will close this weekend as the Arkansas & Missouri Railroad begins the first phase of work on the railroad crossing there.
View ArticleFayetteville School Board hears updates on staffing, computer science
District administrators are adjusting staffing in preparation for shifting grade levels for the 2015-16 school year.
View ArticleDocuments: Lindsey set to buy Razorback Park Golf Course, build apartments
FAYETTEVILLE — A company registered to Jim Lindsey of Lindsey Management Co. is under contract to buy Razorback Park Golf Course in northwest Fayetteville and plans to build several hundred apartments...
View ArticleAttorney general rejects ballot title
Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has declined to certify the popular name and ballot title for an initiated act that would amend Arkansas campaign finance laws.
View ArticleUtilities ask Justice Department to rethink oil-spill deal
Central Arkansas Water and 10 other utilities or government entities urged the Justice Department on Thursday to withdraw or renegotiate a proposed settlement with Exxon Mobil over a 2013 oil spill in...
View ArticleGetting it straight Northwest Arkansas
As a matter of policy, the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette will publish corrections of errors in fact that have been printed in the newspaper.
View ArticleNorthwest Arkansas counties see sales tax growth
Sales tax receipts rebounded in Benton and Washington counties in May after a month of little or no growth.
View ArticleSpringdale Airport Commission discusses adjacent properties
The Springdale Airport Commission discussed an opportunity to acquire 10 acres of adjacent land Friday.
View ArticleCave Springs' Illinois River Watershed Partnership spends grant to study...
The Illinois River Watershed Partnership is using a $286,000 grant from the Arkansas Natural Resource Commission to build a phosphorus removal structure, which is aimed at improving the quality of...
View ArticleState's merit scholars listed
Forty-three members of the Arkansas high school Class of 2015 are among about 2,200 new graduates nationally to be named this week as winners of National Merit Scholarships that are financed by...
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